It’ll be fine, I pulled the pin and shoved the virtual hand grenade in my leather jacket pocket so sooner or later I’ll start crying about whatever problems arise
It’ll be fine, I pulled the pin and shoved the virtual hand grenade in my leather jacket pocket so sooner or later I’ll start crying about whatever problems arise
What could possibly go wrong
he is going to butter you up , and drop it on your doorstep.
Different bikes I know, but the RE Interceptor 650 has the slickest gearbox of any bike I have owned, slipper clutch and 6 speed.Mine used to weave at 75, which was its top speed,
You didn’t slow down as it made it more interesting
Mine had done 4000 miles and the gearbox was crap,
I used to fix and service them and I never rode one with a decent gearbox,
My favourite was the older ones, get it past TDC and give it a big kick and away she goes.
I’ve not even collected the bike and quality issues have arisen.
I phoned to ask when I can collect it and apparently the dealer is waiting for the panniers to arrive which is no big deal, I don’t think they’ll ever be used so I’ll have them later but they’ve found a defect in the paintwork on the petrol tank and are waiting for a replacement to arrive
They’re going to check if I can take the bike as it is and have the tank changed out when the bike goes in for a service but they don’t think the factory will allow it because the defect in the paintwork would reflect badly on their quality control. Smells like bullshit but what can you do
At least RE understand that putting pretty females on bikes can make any old piece of junk look good
I loved the look of that 500 classic, I just want to actually "get" where I'm going
I Bought another Hundah instead (obviously)
I wouldn’t buy one as my only bike but I just fancied having a new toy I can potter about on and it’s obvious from your photo that they’re a fanny magnet
You were warned! Still, Ducati and KTM have had their quality issues in their time, RE are in good company!
You’re not going to polish it then? Sorry, just couldn’t resist. Though seriously a bike like the RE would make sense around the Cotswold lanes, as long as it had suspension to cope with the potholes
It looks as the part that was arriving in the middle of the week didn’t so there’ll be no new bike day for me this week. I’m off to Scotland working on Monday and I’ve told the dealers I’ll want the bike delivering if I’m away beyond 2 weeks because I’ve got sponsors in the bag for the DGR and need something that looks a bit old or I’ll look a bit of a c*nt
They’ve promised to deliver it and if there’s a problem I can have a loaner so that’s something but I’m getting bored now and thinking I should have blown the money on a different RE from elsewhere.